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Web Search By The People, For The People: YaCy 1.0

Web Search By The People, For The People: YaCy 1.0
[Development] Posted Nov 28, 2011 21:44 UTC (Mon) by ris

The Free Software Foundation Europe covers the release of YaCy 1.0, a peer-to-peer Free Software search engine. "The YaCy search engine runs on each user's own computer. Search terms are encrypted before they leave the user and the user's computer. Different from conventional search engines, YaCy is designed to protect users' privacy. A user's computer creates its individual search indexes and rankings, so that results better match what the user is looking for over time. YaCy also makes it easy to create a customised search portal with a few clicks."

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